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News / UK and world by Press Association May 1, 2018, 7:46 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Facebook-owned Oculus has released its first standalone virtual reality headset as it looks to make the technology more mobile and accessible. The Oculus Go is the first high-end standalone virtual reality headset of its kind, with the display and computing power built directly into the headset. Until now, virtual reality systems have required a wired connection to a PC or games console, or in the case of some more budget wireless devices use a smartphone slotted into the device to act as the screen. The technology giant confirmed the launch of the much-anticipated headset at Facebook’s annual developer conference, F8. The £199 device includes a built-in LCD screen and integrated speakers on either side of the headset, and also comes with a wireless controller to help users navigate through the headset’s interface. … [Read more...] about Facebook’s standalone virtual reality headset Oculus Go launches

News / UK and world by Press Association April 26, 2018, 11:34 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Samsung has made pilot episodes of six new virtual reality TV shows as part of a scheme to bring more content to VR. The new bundle of content is called Pilot Season, and is part of a Samsung plan to mix exclusive, original content with virtual reality, the company said. The first episodes of the six shows, which include a cartoon comedy called Bro Bots and the Sigmund Freud-inspired The Interpretation of Dreams. All the episodes can be found in the Samsung VR Video service of the Oculus Store – the virtual content store on the Gear VR headset. The shows were all created through indie filmmakers receiving a grant from Samsung, as well as access to the tech giant’s 360 Round 360-degree camera. Samsung says it wants to continue “expanding VR content offerings while driving growth within the independent VR filmmaker … [Read more...] about Samsung is trialling TV shows in virtual reality

Get the Mach newsletter. SUBSCRIBE It’s not quite the same as being there, but now anyone with a web connection or a virtual reality headset can visit some of the world’s most celebrated heritage sites — without leaving home. Depicting famous locations through VR may also help preserve site records or even aid in reconstruction if they undergo future damage. The Open Heritage project — a collaboration between Google and an Oakland, California-based nonprofit called CyArk — has posted online realistic 3D models of 26 heritage locations in 18 countries, including the 1,000-year-old Temple of Kukulcan in the Mayan city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico; parts of the Roman city of Pompeii, buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.; and the Native American cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde in southern Colorado. “We've been collecting these sites for 15 years,” said CyArk CEO John Ristevski. “Google approached us about opening up our … [Read more...] about Now you can visit world heritage sites in virtual reality

News / UK and world by Press Association April 10, 2018, 3:47 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter This is it – this is the moment in which we come full circle. A YouTuber has performed a cover of Jamiroquai’s Virtual Insanity using instruments in virtual reality. Chase Holfelder, a musician and former software UX designer, twisted his new technology – in this case, the HTC Vive Virtual Reality headset – to create a cool rendition of the 1996 hit. The entire performance is pretty captivating, and sees Holfelder hitting virtual keyboard keys, a virtual drumkit… even a virtual hand clap. The graphics were made possible in collaboration with VR Scout, an “immersive media company” which highlights advancements in virtual reality. The team fused Holfelder’s performance in front of a green screen with what he could see through the headset, to create one seamless video. Holfelder told the … [Read more...] about This singer covered Jamiroquai’s Virtual Insanity – in virtual reality

When you think of virtual reality, you probably think of video games, the kind in which you wear goggles that immerse you in a fantasy world. Students at South Miami High School have taken that concept and turned it into a way to help kids on the autism spectrum. “So this software that we’re developing is gonna put students that have autism in certain situations that they may encounter in the real world,” said Rudy Diaz, the multimedia teacher at the school. They call it Social VR, and it takes users through different scenarios, such as choosing items that are appropriate to bring to school, identifying facial expressions, and shopping at a supermarket. Students in the multimedia program designed it, they coded it, and they’re working to perfect it. “Anything that you can imagine in your head, you can create it inside the program,” said Luis Sotolongo, a junior at South Miami High. “We’re just a group of kids, we didn’t know we … [Read more...] about Virtual Reality Project Helps Students With Autism